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These lil babies are a surprising treat for the person who bites into them.

My mom has been making them for quite some time – but those times were far and few in between. As I was perusing the Family Cookbook, I came across the recipe and remembered how tasty they were.

They are really like a spicy cheese cracker. You can make them into any shape you like – I like to keep them in a narrow triangle shape.

You are also supposed to put some seeds on top before baking. But I had forgotten to get them at the store. So I went naked with my cheese straws. No cheese straws were harmed – they still came out delicious.

You don’t need to provide any dip or cheese to accompany these crackers. They are good enough on their own 🙂 Of course if you want to dip, be my guest!

Spicy Cheddar Cheese Straws

Ingredients:

1 10-oz block Sharp Cheddar Cheese, shredded

1.5 cups flour

½ cup unsalted butter, cut into 4 pieces and softened

1tsp kosher salt

½ tsp dried crushed pepper

2 tblsp half-n-half

Seed mixture (see below)

Directions:

Pulse the first 5 ingredients in a food processor at 5-second interval until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add half-n-half and pulse 10 more seconds or until dough forms a ball. (Note –dough may be wrapped in plastic wrap or Ziploc bag and chilled up to 3 days)